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Koksijde International Airshow 2011, held July 6th and 7th.

Noorduyn AT-16-ND Harvard IIB PH-TBR/43-12509 (c/n 14A-808) of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht Historische Vlucht (Royal Netherlands Air Force Historical Flight), marked as B-182 of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.

This Harvard has had a pretty rich history. Delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force as FS668 during World War II, it was struck of charge on the 4th of December 1946. Then it was delivered to the RNLAF as B-182 on the 29th of September 1949, serving into the late 1960s. In 1976 it was converted to a P-47C Thunderbolt 'look-alike' for the movie "A Bridge Too Far"; and in 1983 it was converted once again to a Fokker D.XXI 'look-alike', and displayed as such in the Military Aviation Museum in Kamp Zeist, Netherlands. In 1988 it was replaced by a 'real' D-XXI replica, and subsequently converted back to Harvard IIB standard. Registered PH-TBR in 1994 and painted as FS668 of the Royal Air Force, it was restored to its original Royal Netherlands Air Force colours and registration in 2005.